The exhibition ON STAGE explores the various theatrical and stage-related forms of expression in art since the 1960s, when a neo-avant-garde critical of tradition began focusing on performative and actionist art forms that endowed artists with a stage-like presence, often in front of an audience. The Viennese Actionism with its provocative and time-critical theatricality is just as much a part of this as the Vienna Group, whose literary cabaret stands firmly in the tradition of Dadaist theater, or the Fluxus-Movement with its media crossovers. Alongside these maledominated art forms, a feminist scene established itself that portrayed and challenged the effects of patriarchal social hierarchies on gender roles. They form the historical basis for more recent positions that oppose conservatively determined gender roles and images of identity, as well as racism and colonialism. Other thematic areas include musical and cinematic productions, (self-)representations and rituals of the art business as well as works in which viewers become actors. The exhibition shows 150 works and work series, most of which are culled from the holdings of the mumok collection.

mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Das größte Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst in Mitteleuropa beherbergt eine außergewöhnliche Sammlung mit Hauptwerken von Klassischer Moderne, Pop Art, Minimal Art, Konzeptkunst, Wiener Aktionismus bis hin zur Kunst der Gegenwart. Das Ausstellungsprogramm umfasst monografische wie thematische Projekte und bietet neben Moderne und Neo-Avantgarde insbesondere zeitgenössischen Kunstschaffenden ein Forum.
ON STAGE – All the Art World’s a Stage
15 Mar 2023 - 14 Jan 2024
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Museumsplatz, Wien, Österreich
Cindy Sherman, Untitled